Plans to open a kennels at the end of an RAF runway have been turned down over claims the business would be a "noise nuisance".

Rhiannon Binyon, 36, first applied for permission to start the business at her home in Anglesey in 2017.

Miss Binyon intentionally bought the house in Llanfair yn Neubwll, which is just 500 metres from the runway at RAF Valley , so that she could open the kennels without bothering any neighbours.

But, in a letter to her, Anglesey council said they rejected her application on the grounds that the noise produced by the dogs would have an "unacceptable impact" on residential and commercial properties in the area.

Her plans for a cattery have been approved, but the application for the kennels has now been rejected three times by the council.

Miss Binyon says she has paid thousands of pounds to carry out sound tests in a bid to allay fears about the noise.

Anglesey Council allowed her to build a cattery but refused the kennels (Image: UGC)

The former teacher, who taught animal studies at Glynllifon college for 10 years, is also a full-time carer for her 92-year-old grandmother and her mother, who was left brain damaged after a fall from a horse in 1976.

She said: "We've had a horrendous time of it. It really has been a major issue.

"It's been 15 months of stress trying to get the planning application accepted, but now even the appeal has been rejected.

"We would only have enough room for six dogs at one time and that would only be for day kennels.

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"Anglesey council made me apply for sound tests, which cost thousands of pounds, to result in still no kennels.

"I had to stop teaching and make a career where I could work from home, as I am the primary carer for my grandmother and mother and I need to be near my home to be able to help them with day-to-day tasks.

"I could have just sat at home and lived off the carer's benefits, but I didn't want to do that. I want to work and Anglesey council have made this a nightmare.

Rhiannon Binyon has had her planning application to build a dog kennels rejected three times (Image: UGC)

"I have done a great deal of research into the subject and know there is a great demand for kennels, especially next to the camp.

"It would work well for nurses, for example, who have dogs but work 12-hour shifts.

"It seems that they're rejecting it using 'what ifs' rather than any actual evidence."

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Miss Binyon says that, after the council first rejected her application, she drafted a management plan and made alterations to the kennel's construction in an attempt to make them sound-proof, but the application was rejected again in June last year.

After that rejection, Miss Binyon set up a "doggy day care" business at her home so that she could look after four dogs in her house rather than in outdoor kennels.

She added: "Someone is willing to invest money into starting a business on Anglesey and silly barriers have been put in the way.

"I have a waiting list for dogs needing day care and I am always having to turn people away, so their dogs are at home alone, which means they are more likely to make noise when alone than when being exercised and with company."

A spokesman for Anglesey council said: "Following the council’s decision, an appeal was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate against the council's refusal of the day care dog kennels.

"This was upheld as the Inspector appointed to determine the appeal also considered that the proposed day care kennels would have an unacceptable effect on the living conditions of adjacent residential properties and the AONB by way of noise and disturbance."